IRVING, TEXAS ? Keyshawn Johnson doesn’t have to ask for the ball in Dallas. The Cowboys will be giving it to him plenty more.

Even after his mistakes.

Going into the last game, Johnson was the only active Dallas receiver who had made an NFL catch. Yet it was his miscues that caused two interceptions, both when Vinny Testaverde threw straight to defenders after Johnson cut routes the wrong way.

The often outspoken receiver’s response? Johnson loudly accepted the blame.

“I got caught pressing, trying to get involved, trying to make a play because I’ve got younger guys playing with me,” he said. “Both of them were my fault … I’m big enough and strong enough to say I know I made those mistakes.”

And he responded on the field with his first two-touchdown game in two years. Both scores came against double-coverage, including the game-sealing 38-yarder with 1:54 left when he split Detroit defenders.

With Terry Glenn (foot) done for the season, Quincy Morgan hobbled by a hamstring problem and rookie receivers brought up from the practice squad, Johnson is sure to become even more of a focus in the offense — and for opposing defenders.

But that’s really nothing new for the three-time Pro Bowler who reunited with coach Bill Parcells and Testaverde in Dallas this season.

“It’s been the same way for me my whole career, nothing’s changed,” Johnson said Wednesday. “I’ve always been the target guy.”

Johnson was deactivated the final six games last season in Tampa Bay. He wasn’t happy and didn’t get along with Jon Gruden, the coach with whom he won a Super Bowl.

He got his wish and was reunited with Parcells, his coach with the Jets from 1997-99. And he got a $20 million, four-year contract with the Cowboys.

Any perceptions people have of him don’t bother Johnson. Fans have seen clips of his sideline confrontation with Gruden. They heard reports during a television broadcast last month — though Fox had no video showing it — that he confronted Cowboys assistant coach Sean Payton, which the receiver vehemently denies.

“Me, I go out there, I still make my money, still paid at the highest level at my position,” he said. “I still go out there and make plays at the highest level at my position, both catching the ball, running, blocking, decoying … doing all that.”

And that’s why he remains one of Parcells’ favorite players.

“You know first of all that I have confidence in the player, he’s willing to admit his mistakes,” Parcells said. “But he’s going to be in the fight, which is good.”